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McLean Game Refuge

McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach

4.7 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 38 min

McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in McLean Game Refuge near The Gables, CT. The route passes Salmon Brook Park Beach and McLean Game Refuge Beach before reaching McLean Game Refuge Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 138 ft of elevation gain. It scores 16/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 266 ft5.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.94716, -72.79734
Nearest town The Gables, CT
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McLean Game Refuge Beach & Salmon Brook Park Beach

4.7 mi · ▲ 138 ft · 1 hr 38 min

Elevation 180–267 ft

Out & Back · McLean Game Refuge

Trailhead: 41.94716, -72.79734

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass Salmon Brook Park Beach.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 300 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftBear left, heading NW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  12. 350 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miPass McLean Game Refuge Beach.
  16. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  17. 50 ftReach McLean Game Refuge Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 400 ftBear right, heading NE.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  25. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  26. 300 ftTurn right, heading E.
  27. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  28. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  29. 0.1 miSharp right, heading NE.
  30. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  31. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mclean-game-refuge-beach-mclean-game-refuge-beach-out-back-3-beaches-8-km-a97e

Trail surface

5% grass1% gravel94% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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